Euromillions ticket bought in Cork!

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Exciting for Cork, can't wait to find out the name/location of the shop. 250k!! What would you do with it??

It's 250 million. Some amount of money.

Woops apologies, got caught up in the excitement!! 250 MILL , surely you would give at least half away!!

Crazy amount of money quarter of a billion. I hope it's a syndicate. No idea how I'd spend it bar paying off all my families mortgages sure you could live off the Interest quite happily without spending a penny.

surely you would give at least half away!!

I'd employ someone to set up a charitable foundation no way could you oversee that kind of spend.

For a few short minutes I could believe it was me.
Then I checked my ticket.

I read somewhere that the interest along would be €20k per day or some figure like that.

Good luck to the winners

It really is a colossal sum of money, isn't it? I wouldn't turn it down though. I could have a lot of fun with it. I've a big family, so I'd have plenty of people to share it with.

It's funny how our perception of money changes with inflation. Back when the National Lottery started, people would dream about winning a million pounds. You wouldn't get much for €1m. these days, with the way property prices have increased.

I watched one of those 'Where are they now?' TV programmes about past lottery winners (Irish lottery winners). Some of them had spent it all. Or at least, they had spent most of it. They interviewed a financial expert and he said that people who have always had money know how to manage it. Those who acquire it suddenly don't know how to manage it, and they may invest it unwisely.

If the winning ticket was bought in a shop in a small town or village in Cork, I'd imagine it will be very hard to keep it under wraps. Very tempting for the shop owner to play back their CCTV and check who it was. Maybe less likely if it was bought in Cork city - less chance of the owner recognising the winner.

I was reading an article about Dolores McNamara and apparently they needed a van to deliver all the begging letters she received. She got letters from all over Europe!

Anyway, it wasn't me who won it, so I may set my alarm for the morning.

Also, they were talking about it on the radio and they said that even if the winner claimed the prize straight away (and if they have any sense, they'll lie low for a while), they wouldn't receive the money. The lottery people here have to claim it from all of the other participating countries. Apparently this will take a few days.

I just said to DH that I think I'd puke of I won that amount, it's so much money! You'd have to worry about you and your family's safety.
Best of luck to whoever won it though!

I agree, far too much money. Although I wouldn't mind if trying to spend it was my biggest worry in life 🤪

Honestly, I wouldn't want to win that much money and if I did I wouldn't tell a single person because I would be too frightened of somebody kidnapping my kids. The one I want to win is the 10,000 a month for 30 years.

Ciffords Centra on Shandon Street is the lucky shop!! Shandon St is a run down area. Hopefully someone who deserves it!! I heard it may be a syndicate .

Cleverest thing to do is MAKE it a syndicate of your entire family (if you bought it on your own). That way everyone gets a slice and it avoids Gift Tax at 33%. Every gift of a slice of the win is taxed apart from charitable donations. Although I'm sure the tax could be paid by the winner, but still..... That's what I'd do. Just divide it equally amongst those you want to have it, get them to sign the back of the ticket, and there you have it. An instant syndicate!

Would be hard to keep it under wraps no matter what way you do it. Although having said that, there was a syndicate in North Co. Dublin who won the jackpot a few years ago. Never heard a peep since.

It would be lovely if it was a syndicate of ten or more people, that's still a very nice sum of money!

Even though I didn't win, 'cos I never play 😆, I've still been thinking about what if..... I'd definitely spilt* it between all my siblings, sibs-in-law, and parents - it's just soooo much money, I couldn't cope with that much €10-20m is more than enough for me 🤑. Although, like PP, I'd prefer the 10k a month for 30 years deal (or whatever that amount is).

*as suggested, we'd form a syndicate after the fact.... that was my plan anyway.

Ah if you live in North Co. Dublin you'd know 😉

Ah that's true, I know..... the whole of Ireland is a little village isn't it?

That's why I never do scratch cards. I like to imagine I've won for a day or so.
You could make a huge difference to your community with a quarter of a billion euros. Or , if you're from from Cavan , you could sell the bike and buy a tandem.

I'll just get me coat so .....

Ah @Abhannmorthat’s a low blow for Cavanites. 😂

Apologies! Dont know how they got that reputation actually. Perhaps the winner was a Cavan head living in Cork ? Grovel grovel....

I think it was Niall Toibin that started the Cavan jokes, his wife was from Cavan.

Cavan man wins the lotto so he rushes home in a fit of excitement. Doesn't even explain to the wife, just starts tearing down the wallpaper. His wife cries with joy "Oh Seán, don't tell me we're going to redecorate at last?" He pauses to look at her in disbelief "No woman, we're moving!"

Cavan man goes to the church in desperation Please God let me win the Lotto.
Please God the kids have no shoes on their feet, please let me win the lotto.
The wife is poorly and we haven't got the money for the medicine. Please let me win the lotto.
There's a clap of thunder and a big booming voice is heard to say "meet me halfway Paddy and buy a fucking ticket!"

Cavan man’s wife died and he went to put her death notice in the newspaper. As the price per word was €5, he wanted to just print ‘Mary Murphy dead”. Newspaper man tells him it’s a minimum 6 word notice. So he printed “Mary Murphy dead. Hay for sale.”

Why is a 50 pence piece the shape it is?
So you can use a spanner to get it out of a Cavan man's hand.

Oh dear. I bet Mrs Neil Tóibín got her own back on the ould divil. Never heard those jokes btw. Thanks 😉

He used to be on tv a lot and always included jokes about Cavan people which he called "mean (pronounced maen) Cavan bastards".

Nobody expect immediate family and a couple of friends would see a penny out of me 😂

He was a fine actor too. I think you wouldn't be allowed jokes like that now? Though come to think of it ....Dustin the Turkey used to slag off Leitrim